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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08188	A day-starre for darke-wandring soules shewing the light, by a Christian controuersie: or briefely and plainely setting forth the mysterie of our saluation. Diuided into principles, obiections, and answeres. By Richard Niccolls, th'elder, of the Inner Temple London, Gent. deceased. Published for the generall benefit of all those who heartily, and with a true path desire their owne saluation: by I.C.	Niccols, Richard, of the Inner Temple.; I. C., fl. 1613.	1613 (1613)	STC 18526.5; ESTC S119830	27,183	96

was praying into the hands of his Father without trembling or strugling or any shew of sense of his paines who can sleepe when he will as Christ dyed when hee would who can lay aside his Garment as Christ laid aside his Flesh who can so leaue his place as Christ left his life The laying downe of his life was no imposed punishment nor forcible inuasion of death vpon him but a voluntary Sacrifice rendred vnto God for our sinnes and his bloud thus shed vpon the Crosse is a full and perfect satisfaction for our sinnes We must not be so childish as to thinke that the bloud of Christ in sensible flesh is a perfect Sacrifice rendred to God for our sinnes to satisfie Gods wrath excluding the vnion operations and passions of his soule whilest his body suffered and in the end dyed but in the shedding of his bloud wee must include all his suffering both of body and soule which testifie his patience and perfect obedience euen to the shedding of his bloud vpon the Crosse. Secondly let vs see how the precious Bloud and Death of CHRIST crucified is of infinite vvorthinesse and merit for that in regard it must vvorke infinite things for vs to wit it must deliuer vs from eternall death in Hell and bring vs to life euerlasting in Heauen in respect of eyther of which it must needes be of infinite value or else it profiteth not For an infinite purchase cannot be made without an infinite price this infinite price cannot be found in our owne merits whose thoughts words and deedes are continually euill Shall vvee then seeke for it in the euerlasting paines of Hell they are neyther meritorious nor infinite meritorious they be not for to be eternally separated from God can deserue no thankes with God if any man fall away from God God hath no pleasure in him saith the Apostle And hee vvho suffereth Hels paines is hated and no wayes beloued for Christs sentence shall be Depart from me you cursed into euerlasting fire And as Hels paines be not meritorious no more are they infinite in waight but in time onely for they must be euerlastingly suffered before they can be infinite and the Diuels and men which shall suffer them cannot endure any infinite sense of paine because they be finite Creatures God onely is infinite but the vengeance of sinne continueth for euer because no creat●…re is able to beare an infinite waight of punishment Since then neyther our owne merits nor the paines of Hell haue neyther worth nor waight sufficient in themselues to satisfie the anger and procure the fauour of GOD wee must seeke to Heauen euen to God himselfe for the true ransome of our sinnes and redemption of our Soules which wee can finde no where but in the person of Christ Iesus who being true God tooke our nature vnto himselfe to become one with vs and communicateth his spirit vnto vs to make vs one with him and by the infinite price of his bloud bought vs from the power of hell and brought vs vnto God for neyther the Vertues of Christs humane soule though they were many nor the sufferings of his flesh though they were painefull are simply infinite vntill wee looke vnto his person being the eternall Sonne of God Then shall wee finde that God vouchsafed with his owne bloud to purchase his Church and that wee were reconciled vnto God when we were his enemies by the death of his Sonne Moreouer concerning the infinite merit of Christs death and passion if betweene the Creator and the best of his Creatures there be an infinite distance then betweene the most glorious and blessed Throne of God in Heauen and the most base and cursed Crosse of Christ vpon Earth must needes be so infinite a distance that neyther men nor Angels can comprehend it and by consequence the Obedience of Christ who being in the forme of God humbled himselfe and became obedient to the death euen to the death of the Crosse was infinite and did in farre higher degree please God the Father then the Rebellion of Adam did displease him for Adams disobedience was the Sinne of man but Christs Obedience was the virtue of God which Obedience being infinite doth more then counteruayle Adams Disobedience and for that cause the Iustice of God is better satisfied with the Obedience of Christ then with the vengeance it might haue executed on the sinnes of men for God hath no pleasure in the death of the vvicked neyther doth hee delight in mans destruction but with the Obedience of his Sonne hee is well pleased and therein his Soule delighteth This is my wel-beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased Loe my Chosen my Soule taketh pleasure in him in which vvords God doth not onely note the naturall loue betweene himselfe and his Sonne but hee giueth full approbation of his Obedience as being thereby as with a condigne compensation fully satisfied for the sinnes of man But here is to be noted that although the bloud of Christ crucified be a sufficient price to satisfie Gods iustice for the sinnes of all the world if men could and would apply the same to themselues by Faith yet it is estectuall onely to them who are vnited vnto Christ so that Christ is theirs and they are Christs for they onely haue power to apply his bloud vnto themselues by Faith For euen as a soueraigne Salue so Christs bloud hath sufficient virtue to heale all and it is effectuall for the healing of those onely vnto whom it is applyed Seeing then there is no meanes to purchase our Redemption but by the infinite price of Christs precious bloud let vs highly esteeme of so precious a thing and with all diligence seeke to make it ours and to vse it to the glory of God and not to our owne licentiousnesse for being bought with a price wee are not our owne but his who hath bought vs and therefore wee are not to serue our owne lusts but to glorifie him both in our Soules and Bodyes which are not ours but his who bought vs. This is the very good and end of our Redemption and it is the true libertie and happinesse of the Saints and blessed Angels in Heauen willingly and chearefully to serue the Lord by whom they were brought to that happinesse The fourth PRINCIPLE THe M●…rits of Christ crucified and his whole Person and all his G●…aces and Benefits stored vp in his Man hoode are made ours by being vnited vnto him as Members of his Mysticall Body by Faith wrought in our harts by the operation of his Spirit dwelling in his Man-hoode and from thence descending vnto vs his Members Notes vpon the fourth Principle THe mysticall vnion whereby Christ and his members which are all true beleeuers and they only are actually coupled together into one mysticall body is not carnall as a thing to be vnderstood according to the common capacitie of men and therefore wee must

in Adam and shall be for euer in Adams posteritie but libertie from sinne and libertie from miserie cannot be had in this life but for as much as this bondage of sinne or necessitie of sinning is come vnto vs by our owne voluntarie acts for in Adam by eating the forbidden fruit wee all being in his loynes voluntarily sinned wee are all with the bondage of sinne and miserie iustly punished in him for his and our owne disobedience 5 Obiection To feede the hungry to clothe the naked to honour our Parents to serue our Maisters faithfully to obay our lawfull Gouernours to dye in defence of our Country and such like deedes done by Infidels are good deedes and no sinnes and therefore men by Nature before regeneration haue choise and libertie of will to doe some good deeds which are no sinnes Answere S. Augustine in his fourth Booke cap. 3. against Iulian the Pelagian answereth that such acts done by Infidels are doubtlesse sinnes not that in their owne nature they are sins but because they are not of Faith for whatsoeuer 〈◊〉 not of faith is sinne Rom. 14. 23. For that without faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11. 6 Againe the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 10. 31. Whatsoeuer wee doe it must be done to no other end then to the glory of God and therefore the said acts done by Infidels cannot be said to be done to his glory because the said acts being done without faith cannot possibly please God and therfore such acts done by Infidels are doubtlesse sinnes though in their owne nature they be no sins but Morall Virtues 6 Obiection If the premisses be true then may an Infidell as well robbe his neighbour as relieue him with food or ●…aiment and so of the rest Answere God doth deepely graue Morall Virtues or the workes of the Law in the hearts of the Infidels and thereby they are guided to doe some Morall Virtues and restrained from doing many wickednesses but they being without Faith doe nothing to the right end Also the Infidels for Morall Virtues which beare but a shew of good workes are by God rewarded with the praise and fauour of men and other temporall blessings for which the Morall Virtues were done as the principall end of their action The second PRINCIPLE WEe of our selues without CHRIST can by Nature lo●…ke for no grace or pardon for our sinnes a●… Gods han●…s but hatred wrath and eternall condemnation for the same Ephes. 2. 3. Notes vpon the second Principle VVHen wee offend or sinne against GOD whose person is of infinite worthinesse our offence by consequence must needes be infinite and therefore greater then by any meanes wee of our selues can satisfie with condigne compensation because Men and Angels and all Creatures are vncapable of euery infinite action they are finite both in strength and power to doe or suffer Wherefore seeing God of his Iustice cannot pardon sinne without condigne compensation which man cannot possibly make therefore man of himselfe can looke for no grace of saluation at Gods hand who is perfectly iust true and faithfull and alwayes the same and like to himselfe with whom there is no variablenesse or shadow of changing All Virtues attributed to God are essentiall and eternall and not variable as the Virtues in men vvhich may be increased or diminished All his Curses and Iudgements against sinne must be performed as well as his mercifull promises Heauen and Earth shall passe but no word of the Lord shall passe away vnperformed The third PRINCIPLE THe Bloud of Christ Iesus crucified because of the worthinesse of his person is the onely meritorious cause thing and price which can satisfie Gods Iustice for all mens sinnes and so make them away to his fauour and mercy Act. 20. 28. Iohn 1. 7. Rom. 3. 23. 24. 25. Iohn 3. 14. Notes vpon the third Principle FIrst let vs behold Christ crucified as the Scriptures doe describe him according to which he had no part from top to toe free from paine and griefe but hung on the Tree hauing his flesh torne with whips his checkes swolne with buffets his face defiled with spittle his head stucke full with Thornes his eyes deiected for shame his eares burning with taunts his mouth sowred with Vinegar his hands and his feete wounded with Iron Spikes his bones vnioynted his sinewes pricked and strayned his whole body hanging by the sorenesse of his hands and feete and lastly though he were dead his heart pierced vvith a Speare whence issued bloud and vvater And here further let vs aduisedly obscrue in his Stripes that Pilate hauing a purpose to saue the life of Christ and not neglecting to satisfie the people who were incensed against him caused him extreamely to be whipped and to be shewed to the people in that plight with these words Behold the man to let them see that Christ had receiued very sufficient correction no crime being proued against him and so to with-draw them from secking his death In crowning him with Thornes let vs aduisedly note that the Souldiers did not onely wreath him a thicke Crowne of Thornes to sticke his head full of them but after the putting it on to fasten it they did strike him on the head with their Caues In his nayling to the Crosse or crucifying let vs aduisedly obserue that besides the greatnesse and sorenesse of his wounds which were worthy to be marked they so strayned his body least hee should stirre hand or foote that all his bones might be numbred The greatnesse of his Wounds Dauid fore-sheweth in these words They digged my hands and feete noting how wide wounds they made which were rather digged then pierced How tender and sensible the hands and feete are aboue other parts of the body and what paine and anguish the pricking strayning and tearing of the Sinewes Ligaments and ●…oynts which are very thicke and full of sense in those places did breede and kindle in the whole body Nature can teach vs without any further proofe Of the racking of his Ioynts Bernard maketh this collection out of Dauid I am so strained saith Dauid in the person of Christ that my body naked being stret●…hed like the head of a Timbrell or Drum all my bones may be numbred all my bones are out of ioynt or pulled one from th●…ther In this horrible torment of Stripes Thornes Wounds Sinewes and Ioynts our Sauiour hung on the Crosse aboue three houres in most perfect sense with extreame paine vntill the very instant that hee miraculously breathed out his Soule Hee who shortneth and lightneth the force of torments in his Saints when they be grieuous in his owne would doe neyther hee spared not himselfe who knew how to spare his hee dyed not by degrees as his Saints doe his Senses did not decay no pangs of death tooke holde vpon him but in perfect sense Patience and Obedience both of body and soule hee did voluntarily by his infinite power resigne his Spirit as he